Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhen and the others confronted Seryu and the Imperial Capital Guard after their presence was reported, but Xiao Zhen seized control of Koro and captured her. As soldiers and Night Raid approached, the group vanished in an explosion that destroyed the inn, leaving Xiao Zhen intent on meeting a legendary figure.

• The innkeeper alerted Ogre that Xiao Zhen and his companions were upstairs, and Seryu went up with Koro to arrest them.
• Xiao Zhen questioned Seryu’s accusations, then took control of Koro and had it capture her.
• Ogre sensed Seryu was in trouble, sent underlings upstairs, and fled toward a military camp.
• Xiao Zhen and the two young men fought off the Imperial Capital Guard while Xiao Zhen assessed Seryu as severely mentally ill.
• Xiao Zhen detected approaching soldiers and Night Raid, then took everyone away in a controlled blast that destroyed the inn.

After the inn was destroyed, Bude and Night Raid searched the scene but found no trace of the culprit. Xiao Zhen led his companions into the First Emperor’s tomb, where he acquired a Rat Talisman and prepared to use it on the emperor’s statue.

• Akame found no sign of anyone else at the ruined inn, while Bude arrived with the Empire’s Imperial Arms users and blamed Ogre for Seryu’s loss.
• Xiao Zhen led Tatsumi, Ieyasu, Sayo, Chelsea, and the captive Seryu to the First Emperor’s burial site.
• Xiao Zhen opened a hidden passage into the burial chamber, where the group found treasures scattered among the tomb’s traps.
• Xiao Zhen dismissed the burial treasures and examined the emperor’s statue before buying a Rat Talisman from the System Shop.
• Xiao Zhen engraved his Soul Power into the Rat Talisman, binding it to himself so he could summon it back.

Xiao Zhen resurrected the First Emperor of the Empire and sent him to inspect the Empire a thousand years after its founding. After learning that the Empire was beset by corruption and rebellion, the First Emperor set out to teach his descendants how to rule.

• Xiao Zhen used the Rat Talisman to revive the First Emperor of the Empire and forced him to submit with his Soul Power.
• Xiao Zhen explained that Imperial Arms could be used by anyone who matched with them, and told the First Emperor to inspect the Imperial Capital.
• The First Emperor let Ieyasu and the others take treasures from the mausoleum, then left to see the world a thousand years later.
• The First Emperor confronted a patrol, killed the soldiers who attacked him, and questioned other guards for information.
• The First Emperor learned that a young emperor, corrupt ministers, foreign invasions, rebellions, and revolting generals threatened the Empire.

Esdeath attacked the city with Xiao Zhen and Kurumi’s help, while Chelsea appeared beside Xiao Zhen and rejected the Revolutionary Army’s accusations. After Jeno ordered Najenda to kill Chelsea, Kurumi shot the Revolutionary Army leader dead, leaving both armies stunned.

• Esdeath and her soldiers stormed the city, while Kurumi held back several of Night Raid’s Imperial Arms users.
• Xiao Zhen arrived with Chelsea, Seryu, and others, prompting confusion among the Revolutionary Army and Imperial forces.
• Chelsea joined Xiao Zhen and told Jeno she would not return to the Revolutionary Army, then accused him of secretly cooperating with the Minister against Esdeath.
• Jeno ordered Najenda to lead Night Raid and kill Chelsea, despite Najenda’s attempt to dissuade him.
• Kurumi shot Jeno through the chest and killed him before the Revolutionary Army could react.

Kurumi devoured the time of attacking soldiers as the Supreme Throne rose and Little Emperor piloted it against the battlefield. The First Emperor confronted Honest, while Xiao Zhen blocked the Throne’s devastating cannon blast, and Bude feared the strain could kill Little Emperor.

• Kurumi devoured the soldiers who tried to kill her, then reunited with Xiao Zhen and said she was full.
• The Supreme Throne emerged near the Imperial Palace, and Minister Honest urged Little Emperor to destroy Esdeath’s forces and the Revolutionary Army.
• Honest explained to Shura that only someone of imperial blood could pilot the Supreme Throne, then revealed he intended for Little Emperor never to grow up.
• The First Emperor appeared before Honest and declared that he had returned from hell to kill him, while Honest sent Shura and the Four Rakshasa Ghosts to face him.
• Little Emperor fired the Supreme Throne’s Energy Cannon at the battlefield, and Xiao Zhen raised a barrier that protected Esdeath’s forces from the blast.
• Bude recognized the Supreme Throne and warned that its strain could endanger Little Emperor’s life.

Xiao Zhen exposed the Supreme Throne’s weakness, pulled the Little Emperor out of its cockpit, and brought Honest and his son onto the battlefield. The First Emperor confronted the Little Emperor about his claim to the throne as Bude prepared to defend him.

• Najenda examined the Supreme Throne while Xiao Zhen judged its attack crude and spoke secretly to Bude, who urged the Little Emperor to face the Empire’s corruption.
• Xiao Zhen told Esdeath he could capture the Little Emperor instantly, then pulled him out of the Supreme Throne and kicked him back toward the Empire’s soldiers.
• Xiao Zhen explained that the pilot was the Supreme Throne’s weakness and summoned Honest and Shura onto the battlefield.
• Honest begged the Little Emperor for protection, then the First Emperor challenged the Little Emperor’s right to call himself emperor.
• Bude shielded the Little Emperor and blamed Honest for provoking the First Emperor, while reflecting on the loss of his left arm.

The First Emperor of the Empire proved his identity by activating the Supreme Throne, and the Little Emperor and Bude welcomed him back. Meanwhile, Honest and Shura tried to escape as the remaining Four Rakshasa Ghosts turned against Honest, but Xiao Zhen seized their escape Imperial Arm.

• Seryu told the Little Emperor and Bude that the man with the rebels was the resurrected First Emperor, but Honest called him an impostor.
• The First Emperor of the Empire activated the Supreme Throne, convincing the Little Emperor and Bude to kneel and welcome him.
• Shura tried to flee with Honest using Shangri-La, while Honest prepared to activate Iresuton when Shura refused to take him.
• The two remaining members of the Four Rakshasa Ghosts attacked Honest and said they planned to turn him over as proof of their defection.
• Xiao Zhen took Shangri-La from Shura, punched him into Honest, and left the father and son colliding on the battlefield.

Xiao Zhen rejected the First Emperor’s offer, defeated him and turned him to stone, allowing Esdeath to secure the Empire’s surrender. Esdeath spared the Little Emperor and made Bude serve her new Empire, while Revolutionary Army leader Rickel offered the army’s loyalty to her.

• Minister Honest gave up fleeing after his capture, while the First Emperor invited Xiao Zhen to become Imperial Preceptor and share the realm.
• Xiao Zhen rejected the offer and challenged the First Emperor to withstand his attack for one minute; he dismantled the Supreme Throne in thirty-six seconds.
• Xiao Zhen removed the Rat Talisman from the First Emperor, turning him to stone, then told Esdeath to take charge.
• Esdeath accepted the Empire’s surrender, spared the Little Emperor at Bude’s request, and made Bude serve her new Empire.
• Rickel offered the Revolutionary Army’s loyalty to Esdeath, and Najenda told Leone that he had been a grain merchant before joining the army.

After Esdeath established a new Empire, Xiao Zhen accepted Kurumi’s surprise: a gathering of women she had persuaded or arranged to join his harem. He then helped Kurome recover and opened a passage to bring people from the Mecha Beast World into the new Empire, while Najenda and Lubbock watched Esdeath purge the old regime.

• Esdeath rejected Honest’s claim that she owed him and had Zank execute Honest and Shura before the Imperial Capital’s residents.
• Kurumi led Xiao Zhen to Esdeath and a room of women, including former Night Raid members and the restrained Seryu Ubiquitous.
• After spending the night with the women, Xiao Zhen learned Kurumi had persuaded some with benefits or the promise of curing Kurome, while Ogre had delivered Seryu.
• Xiao Zhen stayed two more days, cultivated with his new companions, and helped Kurome recover through medicinal pills and dou qi.
• At Kurumi’s suggestion, Xiao Zhen opened a passage between the Mecha Beast World and the Akame ga Kill! World and relocated part of the population to ease pressure on the former.
• Esdeath ordered corrupt officials executed, while Najenda worried about the purges and Lubbock reassured her that the old regime could not defeat Esdeath or Xiao Zhen.

Xiao Zhen prepared to leave for the Central Plains after marrying Princess Yao Ye and Ya Fei, receiving gifts and instructions from Deen, and discussing the Soul Hall’s growing influence. Before departing, he briefly encountered a girl named Xian'er in the Xiao Clan’s Alchemy Hall, unaware of the multicolored line beneath her arm.

• Xiao Zhen married Princess Yao Ye and Ya Fei, then set out for the Central Plains with Yao Chen, Zi Yan, and Mew.
• Deen gave Xiao Zhen the Profound Yellow Flame and a map fragment, and reported that Xiao Yi Xian remained missing.
• Deen told Xiao Zhen that the Soul Hall had approached the Shadow Organization with an offer to cooperate and search for a family from the Central Plains.
• Xiao Zhen instructed Deen to keep watch over the Northwest Continent and strengthen contact with the Soul Hall, then visited the Xiao Clan’s Alchemy Hall to teach its members.
• Xiao Zhen accidentally collided with Xian'er, a girl brought back by a Xiao Clan merchant caravan, and later she began grinding medicinal ingredients in the Alchemy Hall.
• A faint multicolored line appeared beneath Xian'er's arm as she worked unseen by everyone.

Xiao Zhen and Yao Chen arrived at Starfall Pavilion in the Central Plains, where they reunited with Venerable Feng and discussed seeking the Pill Tower’s help against the Soul Hall. Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan grew intimate, while an Ancient Void Dragon sensed her bloodline and headed toward Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Zhen and Yao Chen reached the Heavenly Star Mountain Range and entered Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Chen introduced Xiao Zhen to Venerable Feng, who learned about Han Feng’s betrayal and the threat posed by the Soul Hall.
• Yao Chen and Venerable Feng considered seeking the Pill Tower’s support and joked about Yao Chen’s past with Xuan Yi.
• Xiao Zhen carried Zi Yan into his room, and Little Mew stood guard outside.
• An Ancient Void Dragon sensed its clan’s aura and set out toward Starfall Pavilion.

An Ancient Void Dragon elder broke into Starfall Pavilion to take Zi Yan back to West Dragon Island, but Xiao Zhen suspected his intentions and attacked him. The elder was left burning from Xiao Zhen’s Heavenly Flames as the others reacted in shock.

• An Ancient Void Dragon elder tore through Starfall Pavilion’s barrier, and Feng Xian went to meet him while Yao Chen watched from the shadows.
• The elder sensed Zi Yan’s royal bloodline and said he had come to take her home; Zi Yan excitedly embraced Xiao Zhen and called him her man.
• The elder refused to let Xiao Zhen accompany Zi Yan and said the clan lived between layers of space, revealing that he planned to take her to West Dragon Island.
• Xiao Zhen recognized the elder as an enemy and struck him with a palm infused with Heavenly Flames.
• The elder flew back and screamed as the flames burned his body and devoured his Dou Qi.

Xiao Zhen captured an Ancient Void Dragon elder who had tried to take Zi Yan to the West Dragon King, then forced him to reveal the clan’s division and the status of East Dragon Island. The group decided to put off visiting East Dragon Island and made the elder their controlled informant, with Xiao Zhen identifying Zi Yan as the future Dragon Emperor.

• Xiao Zhen subdued the elder with Heavenly Flames, and Zi Yan confronted him for attacking someone from her clan.
• The elder explained that the Ancient Void Dragon clan had split into four factions after the Old Dragon Emperor disappeared, and that the West Dragon King wanted Zi Yan’s royal bloodline to unify the clan under his rule.
• The elder said East Dragon Island remained loyal to the Dragon Emperor’s line and had searched for the Old Dragon Emperor, prompting Zi Yan to ask whether they should go there.
• Xiao Zhen decided they would go to the Pill Tower first, avoiding the risks of approaching East Dragon Island without knowing its situation.
• The elder offered to spy on the West Dragon King, and Xiao Zhen planted Heavenly Flame seeds and a Soul Seal in him before restoring his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Zhen told the elder to greet Zi Yan as the future Dragon Emperor rather than greet him as master.

After Yao Chen traded with Zi Yan and prepared gifts, he traveled with Xiao Zhen and Zi Yan toward the Pill Tower. Xiao Zhen discovered that the Soul Clan had hidden blood-sacrifice formations beneath Central Plains cities, and the group left with the secret as they considered when to act.

• Yao Chen exchanged medicinal pills for Zi Yan’s Ninth-Grade herbs and refined high-grade pills while Xiao Zhen observed and practiced alchemy.
• Yao Chen gave Zi Yan the promised pills, then set out with Xiao Zhen, Zi Yan, and Little Mew for the Pill Tower while Venerable Feng stayed behind to guard Starfall Pavilion.
• In a Central Plains city, Xiao Zhen searched underground with his Soul Power, and Yao Chen detected a concealed restriction several thousand meters below.
• Xiao Zhen warned Yao Chen and Zi Yan that the Soul Clan had placed blood-sacrifice formations beneath Central Plains cities to sacrifice most of their inhabitants.
• Xiao Zhen argued that revealing the formations immediately would not unite the Central Plains against the Soul Clan and could provoke dangerous retaliation, so the group kept the secret.

Xiao Zhen joined the Pill Tower as an elder, while Yao Chen remained hidden to pursue a breakthrough. When Minato Namikaze called for help through the Chat Group, Xiao Zhen set out to assist him alongside Queen Medusa.

• Yao Chen left Xiao Zhen, Zi Yan, and Little Mew to explore Holy Pill City while he met old friends.
• Xiao Zhen met the Pill Tower's three giants and Old Monster Lin, who recruited him as an elder and gave him two Ninth-Grade Elixir formulas and medicinal ingredients.
• Yao Chen concealed his identity and entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough into the Half-Saint realm, while Xiao Zhen refined the Nihility Devouring Flame and kept in touch with the Northwest Continent through the Chat Group.
• Minato Namikaze asked Queen Medusa for help, and Xiao Zhen volunteered to join her mission without taking Minato's Points.
• Xiao Zhen left Zi Yan and Mew at their residence and set off to help Minato Namikaze.

Xiao Zhen returned to Konoha and sensed Danzo’s attack on Minato Namikaze, who was trapped by a barrier, poisoned, and betrayed by his subordinate Yamaki. Danzo revealed that he was acting to seize the Hokage’s position after Minato sought to disband Root, while Hiruzen and the other advisors stayed uninvolved; the Hyuga Clan was the only clan to witness what had happened.

• Xiao Zhen emerged from the mysterious world passage at night and sensed masked ninja attacking Minato Namikaze near his home.
• Minato fought off several attackers but discovered that a barrier isolated the area and that villagers had been killed in the assault.
• Yamaki lured Minato’s attention with news that Kushina might be giving birth, then stabbed and poisoned him under pressure from Danzo, who held Yamaki’s family hostage.
• Danzo confronted Minato and admitted that he had launched the attack because Minato planned to disband Root, hoping to claim the Hokage’s position.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and advisors Koharu Utatane and the other advisor chose to stay uninvolved as Anbu kept clans inside their homes, while the Hyuga Clan saw what had happened.

Hiashi Hyuga weighed the clan’s response to Danzo’s attack while Minato Namikaze fought Root and was rescued by Queen Medusa and Xiao Zhen. The masked attacker took Kushina hostage, and Minato recognized him as his former student Obito Uchiha.

• Hiashi Hyuga asked the elders how the Hyuga Clan should respond, but they warned him against helping Minato, and Hizashi Hyuga’s suggestion was rejected.
• Danzo ordered Root ninjas to attack Minato Namikaze, then used captured civilians to force Minato to stop fighting.
• Queen Medusa and Xiao Zhen killed Danzo’s Root forces and warned Minato that Danzo was not the only threat.
• A masked man emerged with Kushina Uzumaki as a hostage and threatened her unborn child.
• Minato Namikaze recognized the masked man as Obito Uchiha, who removed his mask and challenged Minato about his scarred face.

Xiao Zhen rescued Kushina, seized Obito’s Sharingan, and killed Danzo, who resurrected himself using Izanagi. Queen Medusa captured Hiruzen and two advisors, and Minato confronted the Third Hokage before the gathered villagers and Anbu.

• Minato tried to calm Obito by invoking Rin, but Xiao Zhen rescued Kushina and took Obito’s Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Xiao Zhen crushed Danzo, then watched him resurrect through Izanagi before taking two more Sharingan from him.
• Queen Medusa captured Hiruzen Sarutobi and two advisors and brought them to Minato.
• Minato challenged Hiruzen over Danzo’s attack as villagers and Anbu gathered, while Hiruzen denied responsibility and questioned Minato’s leadership.

Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to protect Danzo and preserve his own reputation as the gathered villagers confronted the men responsible for the night’s violence. Danzo began exposing Hiruzen’s complicity, while Xiao Zhen stopped Hiruzen from silencing him.

• Fugaku Uchiha sided with Minato Namikaze and called for an investigation into the villagers’ deaths.
• A crying girl accused Danzo’s subordinates of killing her father and brother, so Hiruzen sentenced Danzo to life imprisonment as a public show of condemnation.
• Danzo, influenced by Xiao Zhen’s Soul Power, accused Hiruzen of knowing about the plan to kill Minato Namikaze and using Danzo to do the dirty work.
• The two Hokage advisors defended Hiruzen, but Danzo claimed that all four of them had divided up the Senju Clan.
• Xiao Zhen used battle aura to pin Hiruzen to the ground, and Danzo laughed and threatened to reveal Hiruzen’s secrets.

Danzo revealed that Hiruzen Sarutobi had helped eliminate the Senju Clan and that Danzo had arranged Sakumo Hatake’s death to protect the Hokage line. Kakashi turned his blade on Hiruzen, while Minato urged him not to kill the Third Hokage.

• Danzo accused Hiruzen Sarutobi of sending Senju members to their deaths, taking their inheritance, and supporting experiments on Senju descendants.
• Danzo told Minato Namikaze that he had Senju blood and exposed Hiruzen’s role in the experiments led by Orochimaru.
• Danzo revealed that Sakumo Hatake had been killed because he was influential and could have become Hokage, claiming he had arranged the rumors that drove him to die at home.
• Kakashi tried to attack Danzo, then pressed his blade to Hiruzen Sarutobi’s neck and demanded to know why he had betrayed Sakumo.
• Minato Namikaze urged Kakashi to calm down and warned that killing Hiruzen would make matters worse.